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The Girls' Education Unit was created under the Ghana Education Service in 1997 to improve access to quality education for girls, and Girls' Education Officers are stationed across all the 170 districts in the country to support its effort on a local level. In its 2018-2030 Education Strategic Plan, gender equality remains a central topic. [1]
One of such bodies is the Ghana Institute of Linguistics, Literacy and Bible Translation GILLBT, with which to translate an abridged version of the 1992 Constitution of Ghana into 30 Ghanaian languages. It also partnered with the International Federation of Women Lawyers to translate the "Rights of Ghanaian Women" into minority languages. [11]
Though not always the case, discrimination in Ghana is often based on preconceived, usually unfavorable, judgments toward people or a person because of their religion, tribe, language or personal characteristics including but not limited to gender, political opinion, social class, age, disability and sexual orientation. [2] [3] [4]
Education in Ghana Ministry of Education Ministry of Higher Education National education budget (2018) Budget 18% of government expenditure General details Primary languages English System type National Literacy (2018) Total 79.04% Male 78.3% Female 65.3% Enrollment (2012/2013) Total 8,329,177 Primary Pre-primary: 1,604,505, Primary: 4,105,913, JHS: 1,452,585 Secondary SHS and TVI: 904,212 ...
In the preamble of the constitution , it reads “In the name of the Almighty God, We the people of Ghana in the exercise of our inalienable rights….“ This is also evident in the Ghana population Census report, Christianity accounts for 68.8% of the population, followed by Islam (15.9%) and traditional religion (8.5%).
The National Reconciliation Commission was established in January 2002 by the Parliament of Ghana.The goal of the commission was to establish an "accurate, complete and historical record of violations and abuses of human rights inflicted on persons by public institutions and holders of public office during periods of unconstitutional government."
The broad aims of the convention are to ensure that the signatory states respect the rights of national minorities, undertaking to combat discrimination, promote equality, preserve and develop the culture and identity of national minorities, guarantee certain freedoms in relation to access to the media, minority languages and education and encourage the participation of national minorities in ...
The 1992 Ghana Constitution directs the legislature to establish a commission with mandate to be The National Human Rights Institution of Ghana, the Ombudsman of Ghana and an Anti-Corruption Agency and Ethics Office for the Public Service of Ghana. The commission was duly established in 1993 with the passage of the CHRAJ Act, Act 456. [4]